Want to know how to earn money as a consultant? It’s easier than you think. There are many ways to earn money as a consultant: social media consulting, IT consulting, home staging consulting, environmental consulting and much more. Start by doing an inventory of your skills and experience. What are you good at? What do
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When you’re running or starting a business, finances tend to be a major consideration. Whether it’s paying your own mortgage or making payroll for a team of employees, money affects your life and your business. Over the years, we’ve covered a wide variety of financial topics: consulting fees, second jobs, finance and more. In fact, our
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Become a CHRP consultant and leverage your people skills. What is a CHRP? The initials CHRP stand for Certified Human Resources Professional, and CHRP is the professional designation used in Canada for experts in Human Resource management. CHRPs are experts when it comes to recruitment, personnel management, union and employee regulation, performance appraisals, job descriptions,
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Running a business involves some risks. For me, there came a point where the risk of not following my dreams and pursuing my passions was higher than the risk of staying in a regular office job. Once you start a business, though, you may still have some fears. People have told me they fear: sales
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Director Billy Wilder, the man behind Sunset Blvd and Some Like It Hot once said: “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” Still wondering if you should make the leap to starting a consulting business or perhaps to growing your existing business? What is your gut telling you?
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Do you ever struggle with your desire to build a successful business and the here and now of where your business is today? Perhaps you struggle with a variety of truths: You want very much to work on your own, but you feel a need to have someone guide you You are inspired to grow
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Famed physicist and Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie pioneered research in radium, polonium and radioactivity. But she once shared some wisdom that may inspire you as you go about managing your life, career and business: “Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.
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Egads, how many times have I heard stories where there’s a consultant or freelancer who’s struggling with invoicing on a project — and hasn’t got a contract or deposit? In fact, usually, when I hear someone has run into payment troubles, it’s usually when there’s no written contract or deposit. If you’re doing work without a written
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Making big plans is easy to forget about when juggling the day to day responsibilities of your own consulting business. But big plans and an overall goal and vision are crucial in making every day decisions. Remember that all your little decisions become your life and your business. Many people don’t take the time to
There’s no denying that businesses are built on relationships. And the core of relationships is trust. In essence, trust is an understanding that both parties can rely on one another to achieve a shared goal. There is no relationship without trust, and successful business can’t exist without relationships. How to establish credibility in the business
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